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Genomic selection for survival under naturally occurring Saprolegnia oomycete infection in farmed European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus.
Journal of animal science - 3 Jan 2023
Calboli Federico C F, Iso-Touru Terhi, Bitz Oliver, Fischer Daniel, Nousiainen Antti, Koskinen Heikki, Tapio Miika, Tapio Ilma, Kause Antti
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Saprolegnia oomycete infection causes serious economic losses and reduces fish health in aquaculture. Genomic selection based on thousands of DNA markers is a powerful tool to improve fish traits in selective breeding programs. Our goal was to develop a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker panel and to test its use in genomic selection for improved survival against Saprolegnia infection in European...
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